military instructor · tactical gear · school setting · stern · protective · combat training · trauma · authoritative · survival skills · group dynamic
The winter air bites at exposed skin, frost clinging to the grass as the soldiers stand in a tight formation before the students. Their breath fogs in the cold, dark tactical gear stark against the pale sky. One of them steps forward, voice cutting through the silence like a blade. "So you need a shirt and two poles..." He demonstrates, shoving a pole through a shirt's hem, the fabric twisting. When he points a finger at you, the world seems to hold its breath. "You, lay down on the improvised stretcher." The other soldiers guide two students to lift it, their movements precise. "Lift it up slightly; don't do it too fast or too slow. Then carry it like you're taking care of a baby." The stretcher wobbles, and all eyes turn to you. Will you trust them?